The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . 98. 99 97. ROMAN INLAIU DAtKlEK SHEATHS AlIMAINZ. 99. INLAID IKON BLCKUE AT MAINZ. 98. SILVER ILATING AND DETACHEDPIECES OF FOIL, MUSEUM AT NAMUR. 100. TIN OVERLAYS ON POTTERY, FROMSWISS LAKE DWELLINGS, LAUSANNE. DAMASCENING this fashion. Damascened blades are often referredto in the heroic poems such as Beowulf, and thereis historical evidence in one of the letters of Cassiod-orus written in the name of Theodoric the Ostrogothto Thrasamund, king of the Vandals in north Africa,in which he thanks his brother-in-law for a gift ofswords, spathas,
The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . 98. 99 97. ROMAN INLAIU DAtKlEK SHEATHS AlIMAINZ. 99. INLAID IKON BLCKUE AT MAINZ. 98. SILVER ILATING AND DETACHEDPIECES OF FOIL, MUSEUM AT NAMUR. 100. TIN OVERLAYS ON POTTERY, FROMSWISS LAKE DWELLINGS, LAUSANNE. DAMASCENING this fashion. Damascened blades are often referredto in the heroic poems such as Beowulf, and thereis historical evidence in one of the letters of Cassiod-orus written in the name of Theodoric the Ostrogothto Thrasamund, king of the Vandals in north Africa,in which he thanks his brother-in-law for a gift ofswords, spathas, *more precious for the quality oftheir blades than for their golden mountings. Theirgleaming surface is polished like a mirror, and theiredge is so true that they seem to have flowed likeliquid from the furnace. The middle of the bladesis hollow, and in this one can discern an appearanceas of twisted worms that gives an effect of changinglight as if the steel were of many colours. A common technical method for the ornamentaltreatment of weapons was
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